Village Fire and Medical

One Community will demonstrate comprehensive environmental and personal safety. We have used a systems engineering approach to creating this and will be open sourcing all components of our plan to help future teacher/demonstration villages create similar plans.

We discuss this with the following sections:

Ways to Contribute
What Is a Village Fire and Emergency Medical Plan?
Why Open Source a Village Fire and Emergency Medical Plan?
Fire and Emergency Medical Plan Details
Resources
Summary
FAQ

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO EVOLVING THIS SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT WITH US

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WHAT IS A VILLAGE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PLAN

One Community is taking an open source project-launch blueprinting approach to everything we do. The following structure is purposed to clearly share our fire and emergency medical safety design parameters and goals in a duplicable and easily modifiable format. This structure is purposed to comprehensively address challenges before they arise while easily and transparently tracking the evolution of of all aspects of this component (through both top-down and bottom-up changes) until it is complete. In the following systems engineering approach:

“Shall” statements are specifics that will be met because we consider them essential
“Will” statements are considered important but with built-in flexibility if it is needed
“Could” and “Should” statements are goals and possibilities we hope to achieve, but not required

Level’s 5 and below are the details that will evolve into complete open source resource databases once we move onto the property. These resources will either be developed as their own complete web components or added to the do-it-yourself multi-media resource and information hub. If you’d like to help us with any of this, visit our Helping Page for all the participation options.

WHY OPEN SOURCE A VILLAGE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PLAN

Fire and emergency medical safety are important for the health of residents of any community and/or teacher/demonstration hub. Open sourcing our fire and emergency medical plan research is important so that it can be replicated and/or so other communities can build-upon our work to improve it and/or make changes to suit their own projects/visions. Currently, there is very little information on the establishment of safety plans like these for small-to-large communities, so creating this online tutorial is helping fill the void we see in this area. Our hope in sharing what we’ve learned is to increase public safety, preparedness, and resilience. As part of our open source goals and model, we will also share here our experience with evolving this plan as we build the Earthbag Village, Duplicable City Center, and the other 6 villages.

FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PLAN DETAILS

One Community will demonstrate comprehensive environmental and personal safety. We have used a systems engineering approach to creating this and will be continue to develop and open source here all components of our fire and emergency medical plans to help future teacher/demonstration villages create similar plans. The fire and emergency medical plans are discussed here with the following sections:

Medical Preparation and Maintenance Subsystems, Components, and Training
Emergency Fire Training & Evacuation Subsystems, Components, and Training
Emergency Medical Training & Evacuation Subsystems, Components, and Training
- Level 8: Fire and Medical Tool and Equipment Needs

LEVEL 1: CONCEPT OF OPERATION

The village shall demonstrate comprehensive environmental and personal safety

LEVEL 2: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

Every village shall have a comprehensive home and wildland fire plan element
Every village shall have a comprehensive emergency medical and evacuation plan

LEVEL 3: FIRE AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS

All fire and medical systems will be open source developed by us or we will link to existing open source resources as part of the complete One Community open source resource databases. So we are as comprehensive and complete as possible, most of this development will happen once we move onto the property and actually implement these systems. The resources we create will either be developed as their own complete web components or added to the do-it-yourself multi-media resource and information hub. Level 5 Subsystems, Level 6 Components, Level 7 Training, and Level 8 Tools and Equipment Needs (all outlined below) will be included with the complete details of the open source systems resources we create.

If you’d like to help us secure the property or further develop any of this before then, please visit This Page

Every village shall have a wildland-property fire preparation and maintenance system
Every village shall have a property medical preparation and maintenance system
Every village shall have a fire training and emergency evacuation system
Every village shall have a medical training and evacuation system

LEVEL 4: FIRE AND MEDICAL ASSUMPTIONS

Experienced instructors for all trainings
At least one EMT, Licensed Nurse, or MD on staff
Emergency/medical ambulance within 1 hour’s drive
Ability to phone for an emergency medical airlift if needed

LVL5: FIRE AND MEDICAL SUBSYSTEMS | LVL6 COMPONENTS | LVL7 TRAINING

WILDLAND-PROPERTY PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE SUBSYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND TRAINING

Brush clearing subsystem
Ladder fuel removal subsystem
Annual property check subsystem
Annual tool/equipment check subsystem
- Tool maintenance/sharpening component
- Restocking of tools if needed component

MEDICAL PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE SUBSYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND TRAINING

Initial helipad setup and brush clearing subsystem
Initial setup of property road entry and signage subsystem
Monthly check of property road entry signage subsystem
Monthly safety check of permanent helipad subsystem
Annual (and after any evacuation) helicopter marshal safety equipment and helipad check subsystem

EMERGENCY FIRE TRAINING & EVACUATION SUBSYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND TRAINING

There shall be an open source duplication component for the complete fire plan including:
Fire extinguishers for dome clusters
Fire-behavior and strategy class subsystem
- Initial attack component
- Chainsaw use & safety instruction component
- Creation of fire-response team/crew component
- Comprehensive evacuation plan & training component
- Identify need and call for air attack if necessary component
Basic first-aid class subsystem

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING AND EVACUATION SUBSYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND TRAINING

There shall be an open source duplication component for the complete medical plan including:
EMT class subsystem
Basic first-aid class subsystem
Emergency response class subsystem
Medical strategy class subsystem
- What to do for patient pickup if ambulance dispatch component
- What to do for patient pickup if helicopter dispatch component

LEVEL 8: FIRE AND MEDICAL TOOL AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS

Tool storage space
Pulaskis, shovels, flagging
Chainsaws (Stihl or Husqvarna), tool kits (grease gun, flat files, round files, portable file guides, plastic wedges), chainsaw bars, chain roll, kevlar chaps, hardhats with attached earmuffs & eye protection, dolmars (for 2-cycle chainsaw mix and bar oil)
Basic first-aid kits
Emergency first-aid equipment
Fire extinguishers for dome clusters
Install emergency vehicle signage marker at property entrance
Transport vehicle for moving patients to nearest major road whenever possible
Designate permanent helispot/mobile helispot with red X and permanent windsock
- Marshal present, if possible, to guide chopper in by streamers or body positioning
Radio connection with proper radio frequency and coordinates or cell connection for quick and direct route to ground destination (instructions from ground should include o’clock directions once visual contact is made between landing site and evacuation helicopter
Eye and ear protection, fluorescent orange vest, hard hat
Basket sling for hover hook-up if chopper cannot land (medical unit may carry this on board, check local dispatch location)
Necessary supplies for patient comfort: first aid kit, blanket, pillow, water, shade

RELATED RESOURCES

Here are some additional emergency-preparedness resources.

Article: “Prepare for a Wildfire”
Article: “Foolproof Winter Storm Tips for a Safer Winter”
Article: “Homeowner’s Guide to Cleaning Up After an Earthquake”
PDF: Staying Safe in Extreme Heat
Article: “Hot and Cold: Extreme Temperature Safety”
Article: “How to Recover After a Hurricane”
Article: “Home Tornado Safety Review Guide”
Article: “Flood Safety Guide”
Paul Wheaton and Alan Booker Podcasts about Wildfire Management: Part 1 | Part 2

SUMMARY

One Community is dedicated to demonstrating comprehensive environmental and personal safety. We have used a systems engineering approach to creating this and will be open sourcing all components of our plan to help future teacher/demonstration villages create similar plans. The structure on this page is purposed to comprehensively address challenges before they arise while easily and transparently tracking the evolution of of all aspects of this component (through both top-down and bottom-up changes) until it is complete. We will open source share our experience and evolve everything here as we construct the Duplicable City Center, Earthbag Village (Pod 1), the 6 villages to follow.